Lloyds Bank UK National Business Awards 2018

Inflexion Private Equity’s UK Entrepreneur of The Year Award Jury

James Berkeley

I am delighted to be returning for a second year to participate in the UK’s pre-eminent national business awards, as a judge with 12 fabulous nominees. In my experience, there are 12 traits that inform the “complete entrepreneur”. Here is three of my favourites:

Self-determined. They do not rely on “handouts” from others to achieve success and they realise they can control their own destiny.

Wealth perspective. They realise that money is the fuel for their dreams, not actual wealth, which includes freedom, independence and discretionary time to pursue interests that excite them.

Presence. They immediately come across as socially adept and confident, not one dimensional. They are fun to be around, not a pain to hang out with.